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Donghaksa is famous for the bhikkunis(Buddhist nuns)'s temple. And this temple has had it's role for a buddhist college. The bhikkuins have been studying a buddhist theory here.
Main building of Donghaksa Temple was not as big as I thought. It was not particular with comparing to other temple where I had visited.
There are a small 3 stories stone pagoda. It seemed to be built in Koryeo Dynasty(918-1392AD).
Koryeo was originally Buddhist country. The absolute majority Buddhist temples had been built in Shilla and Koryeo Dynasty.
Donghaksa was built in 724 AD in Shilla Dynasty. The tower seemed to be built in Koryeo Dynasty.
The pagodas built in Koreo era were supposed not so elegante and graceful than the ones built in Shilla and Baekjae Dynasty which existed before Koryeo Dynasty.
This phenomenon was very strange to me.
It was not prohibited to take the photos inside of main building.
So I took the photos of the pics painted in the wall.
There were so many figures, but I couldn't understand the meaning of those figures. Unfortunately there was no one to ask the meaning about that.
One of the important place to visit in the temple is 3 holy saint building.
As I had posted, this kind of building is very unique in Korean Buddhist Temple.
This building is a symbol of negotiation between traditional religion and Buddhism.
There I took the photos of the 3 holy saint. I already had posted relating to the 3 holy saint. I am gethering more pics on 3 holy characters to compare to each other. When the photos are accumulate, then I could've understand more on the characteristics of the traditional religion. Korean traditional religion seemed to have very close relations with Siberian and Central Asian culture even to the Tibet.
After looking at the 3 holy saint building, mom and I went to little more to the mountain.
There I saw the sign "No enter. Monks are studying", there was a lecture building. So I took the pics of that building as quick as possrblr
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